We woke this morning to winds blowing at 17 kts in the harbor with light rain. By 8 AM it calmed and the rain stopped in time for us to go ashore and have breakfast at the Cuttyhunk Fisherman Club. We were joined by our Wickford Point neighbors and the Sanfords on Black Jack. This is a fantastic local inn where the food is very good. So ...

... are closed and the hot tubs are empty, you don’t get fresh cracked pepper in the dining room, they have deck sales but you can only look at the merchandise from 3 feet away but you can’t pick it up to examine it. The whole shipboard communications isn’t a patch on what we’ve been used to with Princess - no profiles on the key staff, no daily information of where we are, the temperature or what’s on via ...

... The worst part was sending my animal family away. My stuffed animals were all very hard to choose between. After all I have 60. Dad said I could bring 25% of the animals. I chose my 15 and asked where the other animals would go. My Dad was sending them away to NGCC. NGCC was my old toddler school. NGCC stands for (Next Generation Children’s Center). I felt better after hearing that.The kids were good ...

... to start my trip with dinner there if staying nearby. I always enjoy the food and it’s always easy to get in without a reservation. They seem to run busy, but not completely full. I began my meal with a pear martini while enjoying the baguette and disc of unsalted butter they bring to the table. I really enjoyed the martini, as it was bursting with flavor and made me feel like I was biting into a juicy, ripe pear ...